Cytoplasmic expression of laminin γ2 chain correlates with postoperative hepatic metastasis and poor prognosis in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

High expression of vascular endothelial

High expression of vascular endothelial growth factor is associated with liver metastasis and a poor prognosis for patients with ductal pancreatic adenocarcinoma

✍ Yousuke Seo; Hideo Baba; Toshiro Fukuda; Masaki Takashima; Keizo Sugimachi 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 183 KB 👁 2 views

## Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (vegf), a recently identified growth factor with significant angiogenic properties, is a multifunctional angiogenic cytokine that is expressed in many tumors. high vegf expression has been shown to correlate with the incidence of metastasis and poor